Emmy awards 2017

To qualify for the show, the crew produced a performance combining the traditional and contemporary, receiving praise from the audience and judges. The show was filmed at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands hotel. The crew was praised for directly taking three judges and the audience to Vietnam through its dancing performance with LED lights on the background of Trong Com (rice drum, a traditional bongo-shaped Vietnamese drum) music. The ao dai (traditional long dress), ao ba ba (Vietnamese silk ensemble garment), conical hat, boatman, ho Hue (Hue chantey) were introduced by the crew, with its fully made combination of music and dance move. Anggun Cipta Sasmi, an Indonesian and French singer-songwriter, one of the three judges, said it was an impressive and unique performance, with every move performed well. David Foster, Canadian musician, record producer, composer, songwriter, and arranger who has won 16 Grammy … [Read more...] about Vietnamese dance crew enters Asia’s Got Talent Season 2

German public broadcaster ARD is finishing a special program to introduce the beauty of Vietnam through its nature, culture and people. Philipp Abresch, Southeast Asian bureau chief of the broadcaster in Singapore, said a team has been traveling across Vietnam to capture the best of its landscape and culture, especially of the minority groups. The team visited some of the country’s most popular destinations including Hanoi, Ha Long Bay and the ancient town Hoi An, all of which are highly-recommended destinations in Southeast Asia. They also came to the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang to capture breathtaking rice terraces and farming methods in Hoang Su Phi District. Last year, the popular U.K. news website Telegraph last year named rice terraces in Vietnam’s northern highlands among the most “surreal” landscapes on earth while travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler put the site together with Ha Long Bay in a list of 50 most beautiful places in … [Read more...] about German TV program to showcase Vietnam sights, culture

Sci-fi drama "Westworld" and satirical sketch show "Saturday Night Live" led Emmy award nominations on Thursday with 22 apiece in a list stuffed with new contenders that reflected a booming era for television.With reigning Emmy champ "Game of Thrones" ineligible this year for the highest honors in television after it moved its seventh season to this summer, the door opened to five new shows vying for the top prize of best drama series.The crowded race includes British royal series "The Crown" and supernatural mystery "Stranger Things," both on Netflix; Hulu's breakout dystopian women's series "The Handmaid's Tale" starring best actress nominee Elisabeth Moss; and NBC's emotional family drama "This Is Us."Peter Morgan, creator of "The Crown," said he was "chuffed, thrilled, proud, honored!" at the show's 13 nominations.Television Academy Chairman Hayma Washington noted the "explosive growth" in television, where more than 400 scripted shows vie for attention across streaming, cable and … [Read more...] about Westworld,’ ‘Saturday Night Live’ lead 2017 Emmy list packed with new TV shows

The actor, who plays the ruthless American political operator Frank Underwood in the series, said that he was greeted like a superstar on a recent trip to the country. "They tell me House of Cards is a huge success in China, that the government like it a lot and that for the man in the street Underwood is seen as a man who fights corruption," he told reporters in Paris at a European launch of a new wave of Netflix series. The political drama, adapted from a BBC series of the same name, is the Internet platform's flagship series, winning both Emmy and Golden Globe awards. Despite -- or maybe because of -- storylines that include cyber war with the US and a corrupt Communist Party insider, the show has been a big hit in China, with streaming service Sohu buying the rights to show it soon after its US premiere. The chillingly Machiavellian congressman Underwood "is one of the most remarkable characters I have ever been able to play," Spacey said. "The show has been so successful in so … [Read more...] about Chinese leaders big fans of ‘House of Cards’ says Spacey

The crew was praised for directly taking three judges and the audience to Việt Nam through its dancing performance with LED lights on the background of Trống Cơm (rice drum, a traditional bongo-shaped Vietnamese drum) music.The Ao Dai (traditional long dress), Ao Ba Ba (Vietnamese silk ensemble garment), conical hat, boatman, Cau Ho (Huế chantey) were introduced by the crew, with its fully made combination of music and dance move.Anggun Cipta Sasmi, an Indonesian and French singer-songwriter, one of the three judges, said it was an impressive and unique performance, with every move performed well.According to, David Foster, Canadian musician, record producer, composer, songwriter, and arranger who has won 16 Grammy Awards and one Emmy, the second judge, you have shown us a bit of flavour of Vietnam with a modern style, a style of 2017 and I am really into this performance.In addition, according to Jay Park, the former of 2PM – famous South Korea band and … [Read more...] about Vietnamese dance group make impression at Asia’s Got Talent Season 2

Rather Unique: LIVE hip-hop w/ Ali & St. What
Sat 28 May 2016, 9 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi
Come to enjoy the gold standard in live hip-hop. DJ Ali spins fresh beats while lyrical champ St. What lays down smooth lyrics. He raps for listeners, blunt-heads, fly ladies, and prisoners. Come experience a funk vortex of freestyles, hip-hop bangers, and radiant instrumentals.
Free entry!
Solo Exhibition “Sick of Love” by Jakub Julian Ziolkowski
Opening: Sat 28 May 2016, 6 pm
Exhibition: 28 May – 04 Jun 2016
Cafe Nhà Sàn
Come to a solo exhibition “Sick of Love” by Jakub Julian Ziolkowski.
“A boy dreams of finding treasure, a lonely man looks at his feet stepping on other feet that belong to his own shadow, faint marks of teeth pile on the shoulder of some strange girl who has come into the world before, me, and my hand pressed against the mirror, from now on i know.
Every mirror is mistaken, unless illuminating the … [Read more...] about WHAT’S ON MAY 1-31 (DAILY UPDATE)

VietNamNet Bridge – The Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace and the Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) will present six famous movies this August.
A scene from “Pas son Genre”
L’Espace (24 Trang Tien Street) will bring to Hanoian audiences five French movies while the TPD (51 Tran Hung Dao Street) will present an American film entitled “Primal Fear”.
“Valérian et la cité des mille planètes” (Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets) (France, 2017, 138 mins) will be screened on August 12, 6pm. The movie was directed by Luc Besson, starring Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, and Clive Owen.
In the 28th century, Valérian and Laureline formed a team of spatio-temporal agents charged with maintaining order in human territories. Mandated by the Minister of Defense, the duo set off on a mission on the extraordinary intergalactic city Alpha – a constantly … [Read more...] about Seven well-known movies for Hanoian this month

VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s 218 Dance Crew qualified for Asia’s Got Talent Season 2 last Saturday, with the qualifying round airing at 8pm on national channel HTV3 - DreamsTV.
To qualify for the show, the crew produced a performance combining the traditional and contemporary, receiving praise from the audience and judges.
The show was filmed at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands hotel.
The crew was praised for directly taking three judges and the audience to Việt Nam through its dancing performance with LED lights on the background of Trong Com (rice drum, a traditional bongo-shaped Vietnamese drum) music.
The ao dai (traditional long dress), ao ba ba (Vietnamese silk ensemble garment), conical hat, boatman, cau ho (Hue chantey) were introduced by the crew, with its fully made combination of music and dance move.
Anggun Cipta Sasmi, an Indonesian and French singer-songwriter, one of the three judges, said it was an impressive and unique performance, with … [Read more...] about Vietnamese dance crew enters Asia’s Got Talent Season 2